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The changing landscape of work in an age of robots

Work in the Second Machine Age

Clearly new technologies, especially artificial intelligence, is changing the way we work. Career opportunities are going to be very different in the not too distant future, some will cease to be, new ones will be created. This Department is tracking work in the second machine age.

At the “AI and the Future of Work” summit at MIT in November of 2017, MIT President L. Rafael Reif echoed the fears of many working Americans when he said that “72% of of Americans say they feel worried about a future [in which] robots and computers can do many human...

The ABC have published a database that answers the question of how susceptible your job is to automation. You can find the database and search for your job here http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-08/could-a-robot-do-your-job-artificial-intelligence/8782174 The ABC...

A recent news report says that five million Australian jobs are at risk because of robotics. Quoting futurist Shara Evans who says that "40 per cent of current jobs in Australia won’t exist in 10 to 15 years due to automation — that’s five million jobs gone,” citing...

New report discusses how the prevalence of automated machines impacts jobs, employee value and wage inequality. A new study from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business’ Michael Gibbs finds that technological advances, particularly in machines that can...

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Matthew is Editor-in-Chief of The Neuropsychotherapist, a psychotherapist with a keen interest in neuroscience and technology.